when i was little all the pianoist had to watch a movie about him and he was white but i just went to the library and i saw a pic of him and he was dark.
2007-06-30 04:41:09 · 13 answers · asked by ♥Girly♥ 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
and DONT CORRECT MY SPELLING.
2007-06-30 05:43:58 · update #1
Oh briddlebrimstonesticks... this hoary old chestnut has been around for a hundred years or so, and the 'Net just propagates it exponentially. The 'black spaniard' number originates from Beethoven's last domicile, where he died, 'das Schwarzspanierhaus' (demolished in Vienna 1904) where the 'black spaniards' were an order of monks with black habits who originally lodged there. His parentage was from east Belgian peasant stock in the vicinity of 'Biethof' in Belgium, or historically then the southern Netherlands. And because of the Spanish dominance of the Netherlands in the 16th and early 17th centuries, until 1632, the link has been manufactured to make the thesis fit, asserting African ingress via Spain and then into Belgium, etc etc etc, citing Beethoven's vigorous rhythmic impetus as proof of 'black ethnic' roots. It's cobblers. Fanciful cobblers. Quite funny cobblers. But still cobblers.
2007-06-30 15:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by CubCur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man I am so surprised that you went to the library and only looked at one picture. Man this is really a dumb question.
Not only was he white, so was his hair.
2007-06-30 17:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by The Answer Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was caucasian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven
And 'pianist' is the word, not 'pianoist'.
2007-06-30 04:44:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are the winner for the stupidest question ever asked on Yahoo Answers. Your prize? Hopefully an education.
2007-06-30 13:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by Jrahdel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was German (i think lol), so i think he was white, maybe the pic u saw of him was a black and white pic?
2007-06-30 05:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by εїз TANYA εїз 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was German...ever seen a black German?
2007-06-30 08:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Matia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. He was German. You probably saw an oil painting of him.
2007-06-30 11:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but he was very dark-complected, so much so that when he was young he had a nickname "the Spaniard".
2007-06-30 08:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by glinzek 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was not white but dark like a southern European is
2007-06-30 05:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next time you go to the library, take your sunglasses off.
2007-06-30 05:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by the italian 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋